The race to the finals begins as teams enter the final month of the Super Rugby Pacific regular season.

Moana Pasifika will play the first ever Super Rugby Pacific match in Tonga against the Highlanders.

An 82nd-minute try from Blues halfback Sam Nock has delivered the Queensland Reds a heartbreaking Super Rugby Pacific loss at Suncorp Stadium.

The Western Force have missed the chance to claim another Kiwi scalp, falling to the Highlanders in a 7-6 arm-wrestle in their Super Rugby Pacific clash in Dunedin.